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  • The X Factor USA Season 2 Top 3 – What You May Have Missed

    Without a sing-off or a judges/mentors’ vote or a double elimination, this elimination was the single most legit one of the year. It’s purely about who the audience wanted to see the least based on their votes.

    And being that it was the last elimination before the season finale, the drama was turned way up.

    So what happened?

    Well, Fifth Harmony happened. Simon’s plea worked. Fifth Harmony was fairly clearly the worst of the acts on Wednesday’s show. But near the end of the show, Simon was begging the audience to give Fifth Harmony a chance.

    Mario and Khloe pushed Fifth Harmony through to the finals. Britney was so surprised, she gave the greatest Britney face of the year.

    But drama ensued and you had to wonder if Simon’s plea for Fifth Harmony would be to the detriment to his other group Emblem3. Because the next act to get through was Tate Stevens, leaving Carly Rose Sonenclar and Emblem3 as the two acts left. One would go home and one would move onto the finals.

    (To me, Sonenclar and Emblem3 were the two who had to go to the finals for this show to have been worth anything. But oh well.)

    Oh yeah, and Bruno Mars performed.

    Who went home?

    If Carly Rose gets eliminated, we riot!

    And thankfully, we don’t have to riot. Since early in the season, I had three acts that I really thought had a chance to go far in this show. Beatrice Miller took a L way too early in the ball game, but Carly Rose and Emblem3 fought on. Sadly for Emblem3, they didn’t make the final three even though they should’ve been in the finals.

    What was the voting order?

    They’ve locked the voting order because they don’t want to give away the final before the final. I have to imagine it’s a two-act race between Carly Rose and Tate with Fifth Harmony as a distant third. But you know that Simon is going to go with the hard sell and we’ll really see what kind of pull he has with the fans.

    What does it all mean?

    I still think Carly Rose is the one to beat, but now that Emblem3 is gone, does Tate pick up some of their fans?

  • The X Factor USA Season 2 Top 4 – What You May Have Missed

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    After last night, it was pretty obvious that CeCe Frey needed to go home. And it’s not even because she was at her worst. It’s just because now that it’s down to halfway point, it’s more and more clear that she’s the worst of the group. And it’s not like this is a super fantastic group.

    Because they are eliminating two people again this week (and I’m still not clear why they want to zoom through the season), the second person who should leave isn’t so clear. Tate Stevens hasn’t been great in a few weeks. Fifth Harmony keeps getting picked on by LA Reid and probably would’ve been better on a 2013 version of Popstars. And Diamond White is hit or miss with the judges.

    So what happened?

    Demi and CeCe rocked the leopard forehead paint as a sign of solidarity, which probably also means that they fully believe they have a chance to lose.

    Melanie Amaro performed her new song and if she was on the show this year, it would be a two girl race between her and Carly Rose.

    Ke$ha dirtied up my TV and hurt my ears as she performed live. She really looks like a shorter Brooke Hogan. And that’s not a compliment.

    Demi pointed at Ke$ha and told CeCe, “See, that’s who I’m trying to get you to copy!” Okay, that never really happened.

    Who went home?

    CeCe Frey was eliminated first and made a speech about loving oneself so that you don’t need to rely on others for love. Sounds like baby girl is lonely.

    The two remaning acts with the lowest votes were Diamond White and Fifth Harmony. Fifth Harmony butchered one of my favorite Mariah Carey songs ever, “Anytime You Need A Friend.”

    Diamond White didn’t do much better, singing “I Hope You Dance” but she kept her composure so well. It was almost robotic in that she didn’t show a whole lot of emotion. But it didn’t matter. Both LA Reid and Demi booted her out. I was surprised. LA hasn’t really liked Fifth Harmony all season long, but he still kept them. I expected Demi to send it to dead lock and have the actual lowest vote-getter be sent home, but she didn’t.

    What was the voting order?

    1. Tate Stevens
    2. Carly Rose Sonenclar
    3. Emblem3
    4. Fifth Harmony

    What does it all mean?

    I think this means Tate fans were really worried that they needed to save him and came out of the woodwork to get him through. I think it’s pretty clear that he’s a one-trick pony and he’ll have to country it up for the rest of the show. I’m bored of him by now. This should be a Carly Rose and Emblem3 final. We’ll see if it breaks down that way.

    Mario Lopez out!

  • The X Factor USA Season 2 Top 6 – What You May Have Missed

    I’m thoroughly confused about the elimination show. Is every show from here on out a double elimination night? Was it planned like this? Or are they making it up as they go? Don’t they know it’s utterly unfair for the person who finishes third from the bottom to have a chance to be eliminated?

    By the way, there’s a reason why American Idol is still the top show in this genre. While they change it up from time to time, we know exactly what hand they’re playing every elimination show. Ryan Seacrest has clear instructions with everything they’re doing. I feel like the folks behind the X Factor don’t know what they’re doing until they do it.

    So what happened?

    They immediately went to the first elimination and America’s fascination with CeCe Frey continues even though she’s the worst contestant to get this far in a competition since Sanjaya. I’m not sure CeCe has even sung in key yet. She can continue to go on as long as no one who has a chance to win the competition leaves before she does. And I think there are only three acts who can win. I list them at the bottom.

    Paige Thomas received the lowest number of votes and was booted. She was fairly calm and even said she was moving onto bigger and better things. Really? Bigger than X Factor?

    Alicia Keys also performed and to me, Katniss Everdeen will always be the girl on fire. Quit biting Alicia!

    The final two came down to Diamond White and Vino Alan. You can put that one on LA Reid. There’s no way that Vino Alan should’ve been in that spot. LA made a last second song choice change that resulted in Vino giving his worst performance of the season after being ranked highly during every week before. Diamond looked awkward last night clearly not wanting to dance, but having to at least give the old middle school try.

    Who went home?

    Following Paige “Bigger And Better Things” Thomas out the door was … VINO ALAN!

    Diamond performed “I Was Here” from Beyonce’s latest album. It was a fairly boring performance, but then again, it’s a pretty boring song even when Beyonce sings it. Vino performed “Trouble”, which was one of the songs he did early in the auditions. If you were basing the entire elimination on this performance, Vino wins.

    You knew that Demi would vote Vino out. She and Britney seem to be slightly intimidated by him even though he’s a big teddy bear on stage. And when Simon eliminated him rather than Diamond, you had to think that maybe, he was sticking it to LA just a bit. In the end, Diamond is probably more marketable because of her appeal to kids, but for this show on this week, Vino was better.

    What was the voting order?

    1. Carly Rose Sonenclar
    2. Tate Stevens
    3. Emblem3
    4. Fifth Harmony
    5. CeCe Frey
    6. Diamond White

    What does it all mean?

    Even though she was Carly Yawn Sonenclar on Wednesday’s show, Carly Rose has figured this thing out. Early on, she was so robotic like she was doing an impression of Vicki impression from “Small Wonder”. But she’s absolutely figured out the stage presence thing. She may be unstoppable because she also has the best voice.

    I think the top three acts are the only acts who can win the show. I would love to see Emblem3 move Tate Stevens out of his second spot so they can challenge Carly Rose for the top spot. I think they have some tricks up their sleeve.